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the bush administration was doing things and then the obama administration was not doing them, which is good. we found a problem that in order to deal with the world that we're in, you wanted to prevent terrorist attacks, not only arrest people afterward. when you people, you had to figure out what to do with them. it is good to have a drone program so that you can take out terrorist leadership. legally speaking still under both administrations we're in a war and you have the ability to go after these terrorists. when it was only the bush administration doing this, were willing to criticize. so when the bau administration comes in and says we have a real problem here, this is hard and there isn't an obvious alternative. using drones to kill lots of people and holding people in ga guantanamo for as long as we need to, we don't have a lot of other good options right now. that's where we need to spend time as a broader transatlantic community seriously thinking how are we going to do this for the future? >> question up front on the right here. >> thank you. my name is kathleen, i'm the
the bush administration was doing things and then the obama administration was not doing them, which is good. we found a problem that in order to deal with the world that we're in, you wanted to prevent terrorist attacks, not only arrest people afterward. when you people, you had to figure out what to do with them. it is good to have a drone program so that you can take out terrorist leadership. legally speaking still under both administrations we're in a war and you have the ability to go...
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. >> president obama later clarified his remarks that the private sector is doing fine. mitt romney responded by saying the president is out of touch on the economy. the clarification came during a meeting in the oval office with the president of the philippines. >> everybody set up? it gives me great pleasure to welcome the president's to the oval office and to the white house. i had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with him during my asia trip and when we met in bali. at that time, we discussed how important the u.s.-philippine relationship was, the historic ties and 60 years of a mutual defense treaty and extraordinary links between filipino americans that have brought our two countries so close together and we pledged to work on a whole host of issues that will continue to strengthen and deepen the relationship for the 21st century. we talked about how we could work on security issues and economic issues, on people to people exchanges, and a host of regional issues. i would like to think the president for his excellent cooperation because we have made a great d
. >> president obama later clarified his remarks that the private sector is doing fine. mitt romney responded by saying the president is out of touch on the economy. the clarification came during a meeting in the oval office with the president of the philippines. >> everybody set up? it gives me great pleasure to welcome the president's to the oval office and to the white house. i had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with him during my asia trip and when we met in bali. at...
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obama reveals his willingness to cut a deal with russia on the placement of anti- missile defenses in eastern europe, after this year's november election. the missile defense system was first proposed by president george w. bush to protect european cities against iranian missiles. it was vigorously opposed by russia. so the first systems are currently scheduled for deployment in romania in 2014. and in poland in 2018. mr. obama says he will have more flexibility after the election this year. republicans were quick to seize on the flexibility comment. >> this is a president who is telling us one thing and doing something else and is planning on doing something even more frightening. >> governor romney went on to characterize russia as america's number-one geopolitical rival. a charge that threw re row joinedder from medvedev that, this is 2012, not the 1970s, the height of the cold war. congressional republicans are calling for a "urgent explanation" of mr. obama's comment to mr. medvedev. here's the exchange again. after my election i have more flexibility. >> question, mr. obama's --
obama reveals his willingness to cut a deal with russia on the placement of anti- missile defenses in eastern europe, after this year's november election. the missile defense system was first proposed by president george w. bush to protect european cities against iranian missiles. it was vigorously opposed by russia. so the first systems are currently scheduled for deployment in romania in 2014. and in poland in 2018. mr. obama says he will have more flexibility after the election this year....
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. >> at what point is it better to have no deal than the deal that's being offered? >> reporter: do you have an appreciation for what obama and boehner are looking at? >> oh, absolutely. i sympathize with both of them. it's not fun for these guys because there's too much at stake. it's fun for me because the worst that happens is my client gets less money, not the end of the world. it may seem that way for the client. >> reporter: even children know you have to cooperate. >> maybe you can work together, build together. maybe you can connect it. what do you think? >> oh yeah. >> reporter: a daily lesson on the playground. working together sprouts even better solutions. >> you want to see my great idea? >> reporter: do you think that these lessons on the playground really need to be transferred to d.c.? >> absolutely. absolutely. we need to find a way to work together to figure out what's going to be acceptable to everybody. we've got to figure it out. otherwise, i mean, we all lose. >> reporter: there's nothing surprising here, because maybe it's just that simple. so
. >> at what point is it better to have no deal than the deal that's being offered? >> reporter: do you have an appreciation for what obama and boehner are looking at? >> oh, absolutely. i sympathize with both of them. it's not fun for these guys because there's too much at stake. it's fun for me because the worst that happens is my client gets less money, not the end of the world. it may seem that way for the client. >> reporter: even children know you have to...
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president's barack obama, he's going to have to deal with it in the face of a fairly implacable republican opposition. so, you know, we need to know was -- is obama actually a strategic genius, and was, um, were things sort of gamed out work questions are quiz sitly -- exquisitely, or did he luck into the success of the last six, eight monthsing? it's important -- months. it's important to know because something you do deliberately tends to be reproducible. if you just luck into it, chances are you're not going to be able to pull it off again. so that's the question i want to answer in this talk; was it luck, or was it part of the master plan? my own view and the view that i put forth in the book is not part of the master plan. the, it was fairly lucky in a lot of respects, and i think, um, could have ended disastrously if not for some lucky breaks. namely that obama has benefited from a pretty irrational and self-sabotaging opposition. but you can't count on your opponents to always defeat themselves, so it's worth probably thinking through what you might have done differently had they be
president's barack obama, he's going to have to deal with it in the face of a fairly implacable republican opposition. so, you know, we need to know was -- is obama actually a strategic genius, and was, um, were things sort of gamed out work questions are quiz sitly -- exquisitely, or did he luck into the success of the last six, eight monthsing? it's important -- months. it's important to know because something you do deliberately tends to be reproducible. if you just luck into it, chances are...
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what did taxpayers get out of the obama stimulus, more debt. that money wasn't just spent and wasted. it was borrowed, spent and wasted. applause ] maybe the greatest waste of all was time. here we were faced with massive job crisis, so deep that if everyone out of work stood in single file that unemployment line would stretch the length of the entire american continent. you would think that any president, whatever his party, would make job creation and nothing else his first order of economic business. but this president didn't do that. instead we have a long devie sieve, attempt to put the government in charge of welfare. [audience reacts] obama care comes to more than 2,000 pages of rules, mandates, taxes, fees and fines that have no place in a free country! [ applause ] that's right. you know what, the president has declared that the debate over god controlled health care is over. that will come as news to the millions of americans who elect mitt romney so we can repeal obama care -- [ applause ] and the biggest, coldestpower play of all in
what did taxpayers get out of the obama stimulus, more debt. that money wasn't just spent and wasted. it was borrowed, spent and wasted. applause ] maybe the greatest waste of all was time. here we were faced with massive job crisis, so deep that if everyone out of work stood in single file that unemployment line would stretch the length of the entire american continent. you would think that any president, whatever his party, would make job creation and nothing else his first order of economic...
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has to get a budget deal through congress if he doesn't do that then there's a fear that the u.s. will slip into another recession and that will hugely affect the rest of europe and europe is not going to take that sitting down that's already been a sort of war of words between the u.s. and european countries a bomb seemed to be meddling earlier this year in the economic affairs of european countries and particularly germany and france old of why it is not good they said to the u.s. to mind your own deficit and your own debt. from the flames the u.s. how intricate the economic crisis pretty economy could be a thing which is which really comes into play in the next couple of months if obama can't get that budget deal through congress largely on his plate in the next coming weeks for sure do you years or are there is a feeling that obama is more diplomatic than romney might have been when it comes to relations with russia so what obama the victor how do feature moscow washington ties look. well on one hand many of you obama is the engine behind you the reset of relations with moscow
has to get a budget deal through congress if he doesn't do that then there's a fear that the u.s. will slip into another recession and that will hugely affect the rest of europe and europe is not going to take that sitting down that's already been a sort of war of words between the u.s. and european countries a bomb seemed to be meddling earlier this year in the economic affairs of european countries and particularly germany and france old of why it is not good they said to the u.s. to mind...
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over the last four years of the obama administration's attempt to deal with the worst financial crisis in decades we have an inside report. "washington post" bob woodward is with me. the author of the "the price of politics." good to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> the book is spectacular. i want to ask you what happen you learned during the reporting. the financial crisis and president obama's election seemed to be an ideal time when those two with iedologists could come together. was the opportunity wasted? >> look, the federal government's financial house is not in order. it's in total disorder. no business that you cover would ever accept $16 trillion in outstanding debt with the almost guarantee -- or in fact the fact that we will have to borrow another trillion or two where you have the congress, the republicans and democrats deadlocked on how to solve the problem. the question is, can you prevent what you foresee? in other words, we foresee anyone knowledgeable about this realizes we are on the edge of not just a fiscal cliff, but a calamity. >> you went through the wh
over the last four years of the obama administration's attempt to deal with the worst financial crisis in decades we have an inside report. "washington post" bob woodward is with me. the author of the "the price of politics." good to have you on the program. >> thank you. >> the book is spectacular. i want to ask you what happen you learned during the reporting. the financial crisis and president obama's election seemed to be an ideal time when those two with...
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i'm going to deal with obama i can't think of anybody because in america you know we have we have the a leg ocean and once the pacific ocean and the other side of mexico and canada we're so isolated you know it's not like paris where you know within fifteen hundred miles you get twenty three different countries and we're so isolated in america it was obama who took us through and held our hand and in the sandy hook i mean hurricane sandy and in newtown the president actually he actually brought us through that he held her hand and dragged us through and said it's going to be ok. and it was but what about social protests to mean we had the occupy movement ok do you see something like this you know coming back i mean because you kind of you went to alone this year. yeah they have vanished haven't yet which is really interesting in itself i think the point was made in you know in many ways including during the american presidential debate you know is it the forty seven percent or is it the the one percent it was interesting and i think the point was really made but at the end of the day
i'm going to deal with obama i can't think of anybody because in america you know we have we have the a leg ocean and once the pacific ocean and the other side of mexico and canada we're so isolated you know it's not like paris where you know within fifteen hundred miles you get twenty three different countries and we're so isolated in america it was obama who took us through and held our hand and in the sandy hook i mean hurricane sandy and in newtown the president actually he actually brought...
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if the unemployment is below 8 obama will win.n. >> eupe, you say europe develops a broad plan to deal with its debt. let talk about that. because already, the european central bank has made rules -- >> they changed their spots totally. they were very restrictive, focused totally on inflation. now expansive, focused on survival. >> you don't think the european problem spills into the u.s. economic story? >> no, with the liquidity being provided i think europe might have a shallow recession but not a deep one. if they had aeep one that would have an impact on us. >> the deficit and debt has been major earn concerns. you think congress reduces the budget deficit a and medicare a defense are cut that's a 2013 item. i just think that there will be anticipation of it now. you know, it all kicks in, so much happens on january 1st. bush tax cuts expire. obama care starts. payroll tax holiday ends. you have the sequestering of funds for health care and defense as a relt of the super committee not coming up with a budget reduction program. >> this is really interesting. we are going to see a lo
if the unemployment is below 8 obama will win.n. >> eupe, you say europe develops a broad plan to deal with its debt. let talk about that. because already, the european central bank has made rules -- >> they changed their spots totally. they were very restrictive, focused totally on inflation. now expansive, focused on survival. >> you don't think the european problem spills into the u.s. economic story? >> no, with the liquidity being provided i think europe might have...
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a sort of, you know, obama in 20002-9 delivered his famous new beginning speech. he said he would stand with the arab people against tyranny and made a number of very strong statements which probably was expecting to be called upon so soon. dino, at the time you have cereal looking as the sequential arab revolts came, there were very few places where the united states had uneasy or even a conceivable h to come in and do something where the consequences were not dramatic or at least there could be a positive. egypt was a longtime ally and banker in the middle east, supportive of israel. tunisia was a little better, but by that point it had crossed the threshold. syria, the comparisons with libya are quite, you know, it's very different. it's multi sectarian society with lots and lots of connections to other plot powers . lebanon, israel, disrupting or changing that relationship could have all sorts of consequences which are unknown. so libya presented -- was unique in that the libyans have a popular uprising. there was a program that had been put forth by a small g
a sort of, you know, obama in 20002-9 delivered his famous new beginning speech. he said he would stand with the arab people against tyranny and made a number of very strong statements which probably was expecting to be called upon so soon. dino, at the time you have cereal looking as the sequential arab revolts came, there were very few places where the united states had uneasy or even a conceivable h to come in and do something where the consequences were not dramatic or at least there could...
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of stability brock obama kind of painted himself as his kind of left wing in a way changed let's shake everything up at the end of the day he bailed out banks or as he bailed out wall street he wound down some stupid wars like the iraq war but he wound up some what on a smaller but equally stupid wars and libya and elsewhere so i think essentially there's less sadly there's really a great deal of stability between these two parties and the sooner they're going to wake up to that the better in my opinion. right we now have gannett she can live with us now from washington how are things looking right now in this fiercely fought face. well we just heard mitt romney conceding he accepted his loss basically president obama now has three hundred three electoral votes and he needs just two hundred seventy to win mitt romney is behind with two hundred three electoral votes quite impossible for him to catch up at this point those are the latest projections there and although it was a very close race in some of the swing states like ohio for example florida and we're waiting for a more. solid nu
of stability brock obama kind of painted himself as his kind of left wing in a way changed let's shake everything up at the end of the day he bailed out banks or as he bailed out wall street he wound down some stupid wars like the iraq war but he wound up some what on a smaller but equally stupid wars and libya and elsewhere so i think essentially there's less sadly there's really a great deal of stability between these two parties and the sooner they're going to wake up to that the better in...
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here is a clip with your mentor on "political capital." >> this number must have depressed obama. >> it does not fundamentally change the dynamic of the race. the trend. needs to be going in the right direction. romney wants to make this a referendum of obama's handling on the economy. they get some sort of referendum on obama's handling on the economy. if the job picture is not improving, that is good for romney. >> is andy still running the news side? >> yes. >> what is your sense of mainstream american news thought? >> just looking over the last several years, we have the largest bureau of any news organization in washington. more than "the new york times." 250 reporters, editors, and producers. being in the press pool all the time, we are therefore every breaking news event, every moment of this presidency. that has an impact. it does make us one of the most influential news organizations and i do not think that -- i have covered this white house and i o'clock -- i covered the obama guys for a long time, but i do not think they would be calling on the in press conferences if i wa
here is a clip with your mentor on "political capital." >> this number must have depressed obama. >> it does not fundamentally change the dynamic of the race. the trend. needs to be going in the right direction. romney wants to make this a referendum of obama's handling on the economy. they get some sort of referendum on obama's handling on the economy. if the job picture is not improving, that is good for romney. >> is andy still running the news side? >> yes....
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. >> charlie:how do you think barack obama will be different in the second term if he wins? >> my sense is a re-election in many ways, not liberates but gives a president the opportunity to really deal long-term because they're not in the political gain as early. >> charlie:if in fact that's true, you must know the head and mind of this guy. where do you think he would like to take the kun trillion in a big way. in terms of whether it's relationshipness the middle east or economic model for the future? >> my sense is that strength in the economic model and making it fair. nothing happens if we don't deal with the long-term fiscal problems. you are not going to get economic growth that's sustainable if we don't solve the long-term fiscal problem. it's not as though we can kick the can and statement hope we get economic growth. it will not happen if we don't -- i think he understands. in order to do all the other things he may want to do in energy and immigration and all these other things and to see some better opportunities for people, educational opportunities, it's not goi
. >> charlie:how do you think barack obama will be different in the second term if he wins? >> my sense is a re-election in many ways, not liberates but gives a president the opportunity to really deal long-term because they're not in the political gain as early. >> charlie:if in fact that's true, you must know the head and mind of this guy. where do you think he would like to take the kun trillion in a big way. in terms of whether it's relationshipness the middle east or...
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who is threatening to close shop all because house republicans are going back on the deal they made with the white house over spending levels for next year's budget it's the tea party on one side and president obama on the other and it could make for a very ugly september today host tom hartman will ask the washington washington correspondent for the nation magazine with the consequences of a government shutdown just before the election would be that's all new in half an hour but that's going to do it for now for the news from around the stories we covered you can head on over to you to slash or to america or check out our web.
who is threatening to close shop all because house republicans are going back on the deal they made with the white house over spending levels for next year's budget it's the tea party on one side and president obama on the other and it could make for a very ugly september today host tom hartman will ask the washington washington correspondent for the nation magazine with the consequences of a government shutdown just before the election would be that's all new in half an hour but that's going...
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those are just some of the tough numbers president obama is dealing with. mitt romney calls this report devastating. wall street appeared to agree today. the dow lost 275. the s&p with 500 dropped 32 and the nasdaq dropped 80. we are just a few days away from a huge recall election in wisconsin. republican governor scott walker is trying to hold on to his job. today former president bill clinton came to milwaukee to support democratic candidate mayor bob barrett. before that appearance president clinton had some nice things to say about romney. he said the governor had a sterling business career. he tried to clarify that today. and we will review the gay superhero. special report from washington starts at 6:00 eastern after "the five." ♪ ♪. >> so anybody think about nebraska lately? imagine you are a farmer or rancher and you look up and see the saying and a couple days later you get a note saying epa has been flying over your head and you have a -- well, anyway, this what is happening. the epa is flying overhead, spying, basically, on farmers and ranch
those are just some of the tough numbers president obama is dealing with. mitt romney calls this report devastating. wall street appeared to agree today. the dow lost 275. the s&p with 500 dropped 32 and the nasdaq dropped 80. we are just a few days away from a huge recall election in wisconsin. republican governor scott walker is trying to hold on to his job. today former president bill clinton came to milwaukee to support democratic candidate mayor bob barrett. before that appearance...
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and the obama administration was correct, these were not in the final deal. but nor were they in obama's letter to the brazilians and too the turks three weeks earlier. this created a significant problem between the united states and turkey and brazil. but what it also showed is that at the end of the day diplomacy between the united states and the west and iran actually hadn't failed. it had been abandoned. the success actually came, but it came six months too late. but by that time the political space of the administration, according to one obama official that i interviewed, had essentially run out. congress was coming at the administration like a steam roller, and there was a very legitimate fear in the obama administration. if they did not agree to rejecting the turkish/brazilian deal and by that forgoing the u.n. security council sanctions, then congress would pass its own sanctions, and that would have created a significant conflict between the states permanent five at the u.n. security council. and keeping a unity within the p5 against iran was a very
and the obama administration was correct, these were not in the final deal. but nor were they in obama's letter to the brazilians and too the turks three weeks earlier. this created a significant problem between the united states and turkey and brazil. but what it also showed is that at the end of the day diplomacy between the united states and the west and iran actually hadn't failed. it had been abandoned. the success actually came, but it came six months too late. but by that time the...
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that should be enough to make a deal with the president and he seeks out obama and together they are meeting secretly in the golf courses and the back patio of the white house and they come to deal. the even shake hands and they can tell the history at their backs to reform entitlements or the vice president is deeply involved and he comes in at the last moment. there are other players involved. absolutely. but, at the very moment they are making the deal and they shake hands, obama suddenly gets cold feet and he realizes the gang of six raises some 1.2 trillion revenue more than 800 billion. ultimately they decide they are going to do with the code torpedo rather than confront the literal minds of the senate from various states who don't want to give up the revenue and reform entitlements. they don't want to take the legacy and change it and they are not prepared to confront their own on the logical path, a and obama as a leader in the united states is not prepared to get half a dozen old men to say with a minute, the country is about to go off a cliff and this time to rethink thing
that should be enough to make a deal with the president and he seeks out obama and together they are meeting secretly in the golf courses and the back patio of the white house and they come to deal. the even shake hands and they can tell the history at their backs to reform entitlements or the vice president is deeply involved and he comes in at the last moment. there are other players involved. absolutely. but, at the very moment they are making the deal and they shake hands, obama suddenly...
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if he cuts a deal with barack obama, he faces a serious revolt in his own caucus. >> tom: is your caution then don't expect a fiscal clip solution before january 3rd? is that what investors to expect? >> the best way out of this impasse for the time being, is gracious gesture for the president-elect, re-elect, president obama, he should offer to extend the tax cuts perhaps until march of next year. giving john boehner an opportunity to win his own re-election, and gather some goodwill on the republican side of the aisle. if mr. obama doesn't see it that way, we're in for a rough ride until next january. >> tom: next january is right around the corner for even short-term investors. you're talking about just eight weeks away. >> that's true, but let's not forget what happened with tarp one and tarp two. if we spend eight weeks, through the entire holiday seasons, wrangling about going over the cliff, and moody's keeps on threatening, and we're going to have a recession, and if that's the kind of talk we hear, angry talk in the holiday season, i don't think the markets are going to enjoy tha
if he cuts a deal with barack obama, he faces a serious revolt in his own caucus. >> tom: is your caution then don't expect a fiscal clip solution before january 3rd? is that what investors to expect? >> the best way out of this impasse for the time being, is gracious gesture for the president-elect, re-elect, president obama, he should offer to extend the tax cuts perhaps until march of next year. giving john boehner an opportunity to win his own re-election, and gather some...
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. >> reporter: the deal happened after the obama administration went on the offensive and republicans agreed to add the $100 billion cost to america's red ink. tea party republicans insisted this tax break be paid for. >> this is the bottom line. i'm concerned about the pay for raising the fees but its a he a good deal for the american people. >> reporter: the deal also keeps unemployment benefits rolling though the maximum 99 will drop to 73 by year's end. and it prevents a 27% cut in payments to medicare doctors, but president obama's worried the deal might not go through. >> i'm cautiously optimistic at this point. until you see me sign this thing, you've got to keep on speaking up. >> reporter: with his budget proposal still in limbo here, the president will be in milwaukee today at a manufacturing plant that brought back 150 jobs from china. >> reporter: now as for the payroll tax cut it looks like, lynn, that deal will be ready to be signed today and we could see a vote at least on the house side by the end of this week. >> tracy pots for us in washington. >>> president obama's
. >> reporter: the deal happened after the obama administration went on the offensive and republicans agreed to add the $100 billion cost to america's red ink. tea party republicans insisted this tax break be paid for. >> this is the bottom line. i'm concerned about the pay for raising the fees but its a he a good deal for the american people. >> reporter: the deal also keeps unemployment benefits rolling though the maximum 99 will drop to 73 by year's end. and it prevents a...
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the deficit, deal with healthcare. >> dana: why didn't president obama deal with deficit or entitlement? why didn't he do anything butads plate. and add $1 trillion stimulus. i hope the show is on in 20 years because it will be fun to watch you have to try to defend obamacare. >> bob: i don't think so. i think we will look at it like medicare. >> greg: 20 years is a long time. >> dana: i'm looking for long-term justice. >> bob: do you think sethe first black president? >> that is notf me to decide. that president obama's choice to say i'm black or i'm white. >> kimberly: he first black president. >> eric: my question is now that morgan freeman says he is not does that mean that the black by african-american community erode? >> bob: he made a decision. mixed race and decided to settle as african-american. he decided to do. so he is the first black president. jimenez is ridiculous and demeaning. i don't know why morgan freeman is doing this. he is being racially divisive. i don't like this at all. two things, i'm puerto rican. when i try to go to the latin clubs, they are you look white,
the deficit, deal with healthcare. >> dana: why didn't president obama deal with deficit or entitlement? why didn't he do anything butads plate. and add $1 trillion stimulus. i hope the show is on in 20 years because it will be fun to watch you have to try to defend obamacare. >> bob: i don't think so. i think we will look at it like medicare. >> greg: 20 years is a long time. >> dana: i'm looking for long-term justice. >> bob: do you think sethe first black...
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he knows that we are all americans and if we want to deal with the huge debt crisis, if we want to deal with the very dangerous situation president obama has created overseas, -- i think the first answer is governor romney. then i think the people you like to congress, the people you talk to elect to the senate. make sure that they know that they are working for you. you are not pressing them, -- you're not paying them, frankly to go to washington, and not give anything done. hopefully we will be unified again after november. [applause] >> i kind of was hoping to hear more about your expertise in the middle east, and especially it seems like there have been a lot more conversations lately about what is going on in the middle east and i was like to hear your point about how that can next to our nation and what we're in right now. >> yes. >> yes, i think we are all watching very, very troubled by what has happened. it seems to be the first thing you can say is while we applaud president obama for killing osama bin laden -- ordering the operation to kill osama bin laden -- while the has be
he knows that we are all americans and if we want to deal with the huge debt crisis, if we want to deal with the very dangerous situation president obama has created overseas, -- i think the first answer is governor romney. then i think the people you like to congress, the people you talk to elect to the senate. make sure that they know that they are working for you. you are not pressing them, -- you're not paying them, frankly to go to washington, and not give anything done. hopefully we will...
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that obama rewrote certain aspects of that bill they change the terms of the south korea trade deal is there evidence to how the industry groups like the one that you focused on influence that process well it's really interesting if you go back to late two thousand and nine big automotive companies like ford motor company were actually taking a big newspaper advertisements talking about how unfair the south korean trade deal where you know so on and so forth and then you know when you saw the bottom of this very start to meet with auto industry people i meet with south korean negotiators they change the deal and then four was putting out press releases talking about how great the deal was for america you know they were not they weren't necessarily talking about their own industry which is what they were really concerned about they were talking about how great the deal was you know for the rest of us but it's fairly clear in apparent now that the bottom ministration actually work with several industries to try to get their concerns met them as industry started pouring money into congres
that obama rewrote certain aspects of that bill they change the terms of the south korea trade deal is there evidence to how the industry groups like the one that you focused on influence that process well it's really interesting if you go back to late two thousand and nine big automotive companies like ford motor company were actually taking a big newspaper advertisements talking about how unfair the south korean trade deal where you know so on and so forth and then you know when you saw the...
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how big a deal, is it time for the obama campaign in chicago to panic? >> oh, yes, and they are panicked. though though the early winter reports which were so good gave everyone a sense of momentum and hope the obama administration knew that the growth estimates for later in the year were not going to support 200,000 plus jobs a month and woodent be continuing. 6 -- wouldn't be he continuing. 69,000 is obviously worse than they expected. there is a higher labor participation rates and more people are coming back into the system. that could continue and makes unemployment numbers go up. that is such a symbolic metric that the public uses to measure like the state of the economy, the wrong track, right track. and so if you look at what we have been saying oh, this will go up and down, bumps and scrapes but the summer of 2012 is when it is going to solidify the opinions of voters. we are in the summer of 2012. the hour is late and there is not a lot the president can do barring some maneuvers by the fed to really change the unemployment picture and economic
how big a deal, is it time for the obama campaign in chicago to panic? >> oh, yes, and they are panicked. though though the early winter reports which were so good gave everyone a sense of momentum and hope the obama administration knew that the growth estimates for later in the year were not going to support 200,000 plus jobs a month and woodent be continuing. 6 -- wouldn't be he continuing. 69,000 is obviously worse than they expected. there is a higher labor participation rates and...
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the first thing we have to is deal with the issue of obama care. restrict it or governor romney's repeal it. he will do what the supreme court was afraid to do on the last day of their session he will do on his first day in office and that is great. be then come to grips with the issue of federal power and how much the federal government can interfere in our lives. decession is bad in that respect. >> neil: i know you are an advisor. many people say you could be a commerce secretary in the romney administration. we know where your bias lies. others are saying this is good news for mitt romney and galvanized his campaign. are you in that a crowd that this enraged people. in i don't see it but what do you see? >> you know, knowing mitt romney i can tell you mitt romney doesn't want anything that is bad for the country to happen whether it is part of the campaign or not and he believes this was not good for the country. now, it may be good politically for his campaign because it certainly energized people. is thithis is the issue that td the 2010 elec
the first thing we have to is deal with the issue of obama care. restrict it or governor romney's repeal it. he will do what the supreme court was afraid to do on the last day of their session he will do on his first day in office and that is great. be then come to grips with the issue of federal power and how much the federal government can interfere in our lives. decession is bad in that respect. >> neil: i know you are an advisor. many people say you could be a commerce secretary in...
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what did the taxpayers get out of the obama stimulus? more debt. that money was not just spent and wasted. it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. [applause] maybe the greatest waste of all this time. here we were faced with a massive job crisis so deep that is everyone out of work stood in single file, that unemployment line would stretch the length of the entire american continent. you would think that any president, whatever his party, would make a job creation and nothing else has first order of economic business. but this president did not do that. instead, we got a long, divisive, all or nothing attempt to put the federal government in charge of health care. crowd: boo! >> obamacare comes to more than 2000 pages of rules, mandates, taxes, fees, and fines that have no place in a free country. [applause] that's right. you know what? the president has declared that the debate over government controlled health care is over. that will come as news to the millions of americans who elect mitt romney so we can repeal obamacare. [applause] and the biggest
what did the taxpayers get out of the obama stimulus? more debt. that money was not just spent and wasted. it was borrowed, spent, and wasted. [applause] maybe the greatest waste of all this time. here we were faced with a massive job crisis so deep that is everyone out of work stood in single file, that unemployment line would stretch the length of the entire american continent. you would think that any president, whatever his party, would make a job creation and nothing else has first order...
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>> yes, obama is a big flip- flopper here. he doesn't want to make a big deal of this, mitt romney. let people -- make a big deal of this because cultural war issues, whoever is seen as the aggressor is the loser. and it will be the president who will be seen as the aggressor on this. and his position he didn't do out of politics, i this he did ç it because it's what he believed he was embarrassed by how the transparent charade he was engaged in hide what he believed. in 1996 he filled out a survey saying he favored same-sex marriage. he must have been the only person on the planet who as the issue became more mainstream, flipped into opposition. and evolving meant he was going to hide his -- his support for gay marriage until the election. he got smoked out by his vice president. he got killed by the press. he got killed by the new york times and out of sheer embarrassment he finally did us a favor of telling us what he honestly believers on the issue. >> nothing wrong with taking into account public opinion. >> he's evolved, america as a society has evolved. let degree to which a
>> yes, obama is a big flip- flopper here. he doesn't want to make a big deal of this, mitt romney. let people -- make a big deal of this because cultural war issues, whoever is seen as the aggressor is the loser. and it will be the president who will be seen as the aggressor on this. and his position he didn't do out of politics, i this he did ç it because it's what he believed he was embarrassed by how the transparent charade he was engaged in hide what he believed. in 1996 he filled...
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hosting another last minute meeting for weeks republicans and democrats have been trying to reach a deal on how to reduce the deficit if they don't though billions of dollars in tax hikes come into effect on january the first a journalist on the bar says it's not the deadlock that's the worry but rather what's already been agreed upon. the real problem in my eyes is not the fact that they can't reach an agreement but rather that they have reached an agreement on many fundamental things the grievance they have reached is that neither of them are going to advocate so put more money in the hands of working people they have no problem whatsoever removing a trillion dollars or two trillion dollars from the economy and delivering it to the bankers they did that inside of twenty days back in two thousand and eight and again in two thousand and nine was very little discussion. everyone agrees on both sides of the aisle that sums sort of the reduction in benefits from social security and medicare is inevitable quote unquote well you know the rest of us don't believe that it's inevitable or even t
hosting another last minute meeting for weeks republicans and democrats have been trying to reach a deal on how to reduce the deficit if they don't though billions of dollars in tax hikes come into effect on january the first a journalist on the bar says it's not the deadlock that's the worry but rather what's already been agreed upon. the real problem in my eyes is not the fact that they can't reach an agreement but rather that they have reached an agreement on many fundamental things the...
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obama kind of painted himself as his kind of left wing in a way changed let's shake everything up at the end of the day he bailed out same courtesy bailed out wall story he wound down some stupid wars like the iraq war but he wound up some what are smaller but equally stupid wars and libya and elsewhere so i think essentially there is and sadly there's really a great deal of stability between these two already and the sooner they are going to wake up to that the better in my opinion. at least obama's victory isn't exactly a vocal that much tribulation israel openly back mitt romney who went out of his way to support tel of eve and while the arab world is not exactly enthusiastic and here's our bomb as floored it but moderate and the lesser of two evils middle east correspondent paula slim has this story. what we have seen from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is that he has not shied away from making it publicly known that he would have preferred a republican inside the white house what we now witnessing and what we have seen in the past is sometimes very public clashes
obama kind of painted himself as his kind of left wing in a way changed let's shake everything up at the end of the day he bailed out same courtesy bailed out wall story he wound down some stupid wars like the iraq war but he wound up some what are smaller but equally stupid wars and libya and elsewhere so i think essentially there is and sadly there's really a great deal of stability between these two already and the sooner they are going to wake up to that the better in my opinion. at least...
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could go over if congress doesn't deal with it. president obama says let's extend them for another year but and this is the key point, not for everyone, just for what he calls the middle class, families earning less than $250,000 per year or individuals earning less than 200,000. >> i believe that we should make sure the taxes on the 98% of americans don't go up and then we should let the tax cuts expire for folks like me, for the top 2% of americans. >> now, you probably heard that republicans want them extended for everyone which means the battle comes down to whether 2% of taxpayers, the wealthiest among us should stand in the way of everyone else continuing to pay the lower tax breaks. this is a conundrum for some but not for fur i zakaria. he proposes an unusual compromise between the right and left that no one get a tax extension. i assume you don't plan to run for office. >> this is good policy, not good politics. >> why should nobody get a tax break? >> first of all, if we were to say all the bush tax cuts were to expire, i
could go over if congress doesn't deal with it. president obama says let's extend them for another year but and this is the key point, not for everyone, just for what he calls the middle class, families earning less than $250,000 per year or individuals earning less than 200,000. >> i believe that we should make sure the taxes on the 98% of americans don't go up and then we should let the tax cuts expire for folks like me, for the top 2% of americans. >> now, you probably heard that...
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would president obama be more open to that big deal, more open to maybe structural changes in medicare and social security to get what he wants in the tax environment you were just talking about? yes, he most likely would be. however, ali, bill clinton wanted some big things in his second term. george w. bush wanted big things in the second term. both were hobled politically, the monica lewinsky situation in bill clinton's case, and other things for george bush. so the president would be thinking big. the question is, can he get big? >> that's a good question. ronna peru is the assistant manager for "time" magazine. what does the economic picture look like in 2016 if president obama wins? >> i think if he was able to get through some of these big jobs plans he was talking about, an infrastructure bank, as you mentioned, really focus on manufacturing, really help the insurgents that has already been happening, i think we could go down to 6% or maybe even a little lower, but it's all about bringing congress together. it's not all about the president as we've seen the first term. it's goi
would president obama be more open to that big deal, more open to maybe structural changes in medicare and social security to get what he wants in the tax environment you were just talking about? yes, he most likely would be. however, ali, bill clinton wanted some big things in his second term. george w. bush wanted big things in the second term. both were hobled politically, the monica lewinsky situation in bill clinton's case, and other things for george bush. so the president would be...
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one reason i say the democrat haves the ang obama hasn't come out with a plan to navigate cross currents, he seems like the guy capable of doing that. >> charlie:do you think that the president has a plan to deal with republicans in the congress? >> no. i don't think either of them has a plan. they're the fantasy of american politics is that my party is going to run a crushing victory and the other side will go away. the fantasy from the president cox being from the background he comes from i will explain the facts to them or the facts to the american people and so many people will be persuaded it will work. >> i've been reading the articles about the president jodi kantor, david mare innas peelter baker. there's coming up in vanity fair by michael louis. what comes out of this competitiveness of the president number 1. number 2 something bordering on arrogance and number 3, that sometimes he can believe more in his abilities than justified. >> yeah, well that's for sure an i think the fourth thing i would add is the antipolitical aloofness. the senate wasn't that thrilled to be there. a
one reason i say the democrat haves the ang obama hasn't come out with a plan to navigate cross currents, he seems like the guy capable of doing that. >> charlie:do you think that the president has a plan to deal with republicans in the congress? >> no. i don't think either of them has a plan. they're the fantasy of american politics is that my party is going to run a crushing victory and the other side will go away. the fantasy from the president cox being from the background he...
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at the very moment that they are making this deal and they shake hands, obama suddenly gets cold feet. and he realizes that the gang of six planned in the u.s. senate raises some $1.2 trillion, much more than a hundred billion. ultimately, he decides that he is going to torpedo his own deal. rather than confront the liberal lines of the senate. those who simply don't want to give up or reform entitlement. that's not why they were elected. but it won't take the legacy of their youth and they don't want to change the past. obama, as a leader of the united states is not prepared to get half half a dozen old men to say, wait a minute, the country is about to go off a cliff. we have this extraordinary deal with the house of representatives. instead, he goes with them. and he gets nothing. he gets a budget of more than 700 days. the trust in washington is gone. even senate democrats don't trust them. the president is unable to govern in key economic areas. is an extraordinary moment. >> host: if obama is reelected, what are we suggesting -- another downgrade? >> i think if the house and sen
at the very moment that they are making this deal and they shake hands, obama suddenly gets cold feet. and he realizes that the gang of six planned in the u.s. senate raises some $1.2 trillion, much more than a hundred billion. ultimately, he decides that he is going to torpedo his own deal. rather than confront the liberal lines of the senate. those who simply don't want to give up or reform entitlement. that's not why they were elected. but it won't take the legacy of their youth and they...
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obama does have to deal with. saddam didn't have that. if he -- if you disagreed with saddam, you would be dead. so if he made that promise, he could deliver on it. the iranians have significant doubts as to whether the president of the united states is capable of delivering on something that they don't even know exactly what it is. as a result, this policy of just going for the pressure and sanctions in the hope that the iranians will become softer is so focused on the effort to add pressure and is not sufficiently focused on making sure there are clear choices that actually the iranians will able to see. otherwise, it will be nothing more than naked escalation which will yield naked escalation from the iranian side. that's all we've seen so far. thanks. >> i think it's an oversimplification of what's going on. which is that the sanctions, the pressure, the sanctions, are designed not to force a final solution. bad choice of words. but that they're designed to get the iranians to talk. and it would cost nothing t
obama does have to deal with. saddam didn't have that. if he -- if you disagreed with saddam, you would be dead. so if he made that promise, he could deliver on it. the iranians have significant doubts as to whether the president of the united states is capable of delivering on something that they don't even know exactly what it is. as a result, this policy of just going for the pressure and sanctions in the hope that the iranians will become softer is so focused on the effort to add pressure...